Short presentation outlining What free and open source software is, listing 20 applications that can be used in schools.

1. OPEN SOURCE OPTIONS
Twenty applications from the
Free and Open Source Software
community your school could use
Donna Benjamin
Executive Director
Creative Contingencies
donna@cc.com.au

2. Donna Benjamin
● Small business owner
● Life-long learner
● Open Source Software
user and advocate
Photo ©2010 Stewart Smith
donna@cc.com.au
http://twitter.com/kattekrab

3. Open Source Software
Free Software

4. Open Source Software
Free Software
is not cheap software

5. Four
Freedoms

6. Use

7. Study

8. Change

9. Share

10. 20 FOSS
Applications
you can use

11. Cross-Platform Sound Editor
http://audacity.sourceforge.net

12. Cross Platform Productivity Suite
http://www.openoffice.org

13. Firefox
web browser
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox

14. Thunderbird
email client
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/

15. Inkscape
scalable vector graphic editor
http://inkscape.org

16. GIMP
image manipulation program
http://gimp.org

17. Tux4Kids
maths, painting and typing
http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/

18. Synfig
vector based 2D animation
http://synfig.org

19. Celtx
media pre-production system
http://celtx.com

20. Scratch
programming and animation
http://scratch.mit.edu

21. Freemind
mindmapping
http://freemind.sourceforge.net

22. Musescore
music notation and composition
http://musescore.org

23. Moodle
learning management system
http://moodle.org

24. Mahara
ePortfolio server software
http://mahara.org

25. Koha
library automation system
http://koha-community.org

26. Drupal
web content management framework
http://drupal.org

27. Status.net
microblogging web application
http://status.net

28. Mediawiki
wiki web application
http://mediawiki.org

29. The Future
is Open.

30. Share your Stuff
Join the
community

31. more free software...
Free Software for Schools:
a catalog of FOSS produced
by Open Source Victoria
and National Center for
Open Source in Education.
http://cc.com.au/free-software-for-schools

32. Software URLs
http://cc.com.au/oso
http://openoffice.org - office productivity suite
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox - web browser
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/ - email client
http://inkscape.org - scalable vector graphic editor
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - sound editor
http://www.geogebra.org - maths, geometry, algebra
http://gimp.org - photo and image editor
http://gcompris.net/ - early learning literacy and numeracy
http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/ - maths, typing, painting
http://synfig.org - vector based 2d animation
http://scratch.mit.edu – programming and animation
http://celtx.com - story board and creative development tool
http://freemind.sourceforge.net - mindmapping
http://musescore.org - music notation and composition
http://moodle.org - learning management system
http://mahara.org - eportfolio server software
http://koha-community.org - library automation software
http://drupal.org - content management software
http://status.net - microblogging engine
http://mediawiki.org - the wiki software that runs wikipedia

33. Thank
you
Photo credits:
Apples and Books by Darren Hester aka PPDigital

34. donna@cc.com.au
@kattekrab
Donna Benjamin
Executive Director
Creative Contingencies
donna@cc.com.au